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12 Jul

The Significance of “I’m Sorry”

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Confession. I’m a talker. In my excitement, sometimes I interrupt the person I’m talking with. I know it’s rude. I want to cut off the microphone in my mind to hear the courtesy in my heart. I apologize for my social faux pas.  But after so many times, ironically, my...
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28 Jun

Broken In All The Right Places

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A heat wave, a piñata and a losing streak have one thing in common: They are better when they’re broken. But when broken touches my life, better may take a while. The disruption displaces what was. What was lost feels irreplaceable. Circumstances begin to look unwinnable. From personal trauma to...
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24 May

When Pain Is A Purposeful Teacher

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Escalators are a handy invention. The motorized staircase moves its riders up or down a level with ease.  At 3, I was drawn to the movement while playing with a friend in a department store. Our mothers chatted a few feet away from our game of Follow the Leader. My friend...
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03 May

When Discipline Takes A Holiday

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If you’re a movie buff, you may be familiar with the movie Meet Joe Black (1998, starring Brad Pitt). It is a remake of the movie Death Takes A Holiday (1934, starring Frederic March). In both films, Death in human form takes a 3-day hiatus. Fascinated by humanity’s love of life, Death doesn’t anticipate...
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26 Apr

3 Ways to Fight for Your Happy Place

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It’s not how much we have but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. – Charles Spurgeon If happiness is a state of mind; we have to choose to live there. According to Webster, happy is being pleased or glad about a particular situation or event. I’m happy when I...
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19 Apr

Do Mistakes Ever Work?

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Do mistakes ever work?  I sure hope so.  I’ve made plenty.  Like the time I put on navy hose with a black dress.  Or when I put too many red pepper flakes in a dish. My friends thought my off-colored hose made a fashion statement. My spicy dish drummed up...
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12 Apr

Living The RISEN Life

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What are you rising to meet in life?  Is there a new challenge, a new opportunity or a new perspective? Perhaps you’re not feeling like rising much at all.  Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and several others faced this question. Very early, on the third day after...
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05 Apr

Finding Faithful In The Details

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I started this Lenten focus on faithfulness on Ash Wednesday.  I was overwhelmed with details about many things.  It was a sure sign I had an under-appreciation for the faithfulness of God.  So like any writer worth their next key stroke, I sought to explore what I had sorely missed. I...
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